Permission Issue When Using Limited Gallery Access on Android 14

[sumit-007]

Why it is needed?

When requesting gallery access (READ_MEDIA_IMAGES) on Android 14+, if the user selects "Limited Access" and chooses specific images, the request function still returns the permission status as denied instead of indicating that limited access was granted.

Possible implementation

This feature would add support for returning a limited permission status (e.g. RESULTS.LIMITED) when the user grants partial access to selected photos.

Code sample

import { PERMISSIONS, request, RESULTS } from 'react-native-permissions';

async function requestGalleryPermission() {
  const result = await request(
    Platform.select({
      ios: PERMISSIONS.IOS.PHOTO_LIBRARY,
      android: PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES,
    })
  );

  console.log('Permission result:', result);
}


Permission result: denied

[stefanspasic4444]

The same issue on my end. I'm using Android 15.
Lib version is the latest one 5.4.2

[ishitarb67]

Same issue here - is there a fix that can be expected anytime soon?

[zoontek]

@ishitarb67 It's open source. Please open a PR.